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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventor:
Pathangi Narasimhan Janardhanan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/815 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/825 (2013.01); H04L 12/835 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/22 (2013.01); H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/26 (2013.01); H04L 47/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method includes a network device comprising a control unit, a first port coupled to the control unit and configured to couple the network device to a first device using a first network link. The control unit is configured to receive a data packet from the first device on the first port, inspect the data packet for an indicator of an incast communication pattern, and implement a data flow shaper on a network when the indicator is present in the data packet.